Amish style. link NICKEL MINES, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A gunman killed "a number" of people at a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County, state police said. The shooter was among the dead, state police Cpl. Ralph Striebig said. "There are a number of people dead," Striebig said. "The exact number I do not know yet."
This is getting a little ridiculous. I remember hearing on the radio/news a while back that stuff like kids getting kidnapped isn't really happening any more these days, its just in the news a lot more. It was in reference to why parents these days seem to have very tight leashes on their kids. When I was young, for example, I would just ride my bike along my street, eventually throughout the neighborhood, no concerns. Parents don't let their kids do that anymore. I thought maybe the school shooting was similiar. But this seems seriously out of control...it's like 1 a week lately!
This is just a couple miles from where I work. It didn't say the shooter was (or wasn't) Amish (only that his name was Roy). Amish do hunt and do occasionaly have run ins with the law (mostly teens and drugs). This is horrible -- these were little kids
I was wondering that too, and if they'd have a problem with the choppers and ambulances. So, I looked it up on Wikipedia. What is allowed varies between Amish communities, but in general, if it is a tool that is needed to do a job and not something that would contribute to your vanity, laziness, greed or other vice, it would probably be allowed. So, I would think hunting rifles would be allowed for people who had a need for hunting. And, ambulances would probably be fine for people who needed medical attention. For some reason though, I don't think whoever shot them did it with the sort of weapon the Amish might approve of. For the children and whoever else was caught in this: +
In Lancaster county the Amish mingle and mix with the rest of the community. You will see them in stores and restaurants. They also make quite a bit of money off the tourist trade. Selling hand-crafted items, produce, etc....
I grew up close to several Amish communities, they are wonderful people and this is a horrible thing that happened to a very close group of people. According to police press conference: As of right now, 3 girls aged 6-13 dead and 7 wounded, all shot execution style in the head. The guy was a trucker that worked his shift last night, and came home like normal. He walked his own kids to the bus this morning then went to the amish school . He let the boys and adults with infants out. he then tied the girls feet up and barricaded the doors. How did no one around him noctice what he was up to? So sad.
choppers and ambulances are fine for Amish. It is actually fine for them to ride in vehicles. They will often accept rides from non-Amish to go places they need to go. They can not drive or have the vehicles themselves.
Am I the only one who thinks the only rational explanation for this is sudden demonic possession? You send your kids off to school then decide to go play executioner to young Amish female school girls? WTF?
What a b*stard. There is no place that is awful enough for this guy to go to to pay for what he did. I just wish these bastards would stop killing themselves so they could at least say what drives them to do these awful things.
Supposedly it was an act of revenge for something that happened to him 20 years ago. And supposedly he left notes that explained it all.
